UFO Sightings in Pennsylvania
4,650 UFO sightings reported in Pennsylvania since 1947, peaking in 2014 (382 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,650
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (382 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2014 (382 reports)
Top cities in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
1947–2022 · peak 2014 (20 reports)
Pittsburgh
1950–2022 · peak 2013 (21 reports)
Reading
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Allentown
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Erie
1969–2021 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
York
1968–2022 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Harrisburg
1965–2022 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Lancaster
1975–2021 · peak 2011 (5 reports)
West Chester
1973–2021 · peak 2009 (7 reports)
Easton
1998–2019 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Johnstown
1951–2019 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Bethlehem
1965–2022 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
State College
1968–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Williamsport
1957–2020 · peak 2002 (4 reports)
Wilkes-Barre
1973–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Mechanicsburg
1973–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Millerton
2012–2021 · peak 2020 (16 reports)
Downingtown
1985–2022 · peak 2007 (3 reports)
Pottstown
1965–2021 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Altoona
1951–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Shrewsbury · PA, USA
At approximately 10:30 p.m. EST, an oval-shaped orange/blue/purple (changing) object was seen from Md. and Pa. on eastern horizon.
Warminster · PA, USA
A friend of mine in Warminster PA last night at 910pm while online stated that he was seeing from his window two unidentified phenomeno
Beaver Falls · PA, USA
Star turns OFF like a light bulb.
Coatesville · PA, USA
White dot meets with another white dot that was moving in the speed then disappeared into nothing.
Sinking Spring · PA, USA
2 family members spot a UFO in Pennsylvania
Phoenixville · PA, USA
it was changeing shapes and it was to far to make out the shape but it was turning from a dull red to a bright white.it moved very slow
Clarksburg · PA, USA
Fat Object Hovers Over Trees
Philadelphia · PA, USA
A round pitch black craft with a small triangle shape tail and some gray area with ridges on what looked like small round wings
Moscow · PA, USA
very large and slow moving object
Mt. Carmel · PA, USA
2 light objects in the night sky not corresponding to know jet flying patterns or noise.
Skytop · PA, USA
bright moon shaped light with smaller disc of light to lower right in front
Quakertown · PA, USA
A blinking red light chased by two smaller lights
Harrisburg · PA, USA
I SAW ABOUT 10 TO 15 POINTS OF LIGHT IN A CIRCLE PATTERN MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST IN THE SKY. AS THEY TRAVELED THEY CHANGED TO A TRIANG
Manchester/York Counties · PA, USA
friday I saw a thing in the sky went right then up then gone
Doylestown · PA, USA
At about 1 AM three discs appeared silently over the Courthouse in Doylestown. They hovered silently for 10 minutes then quickly sped a
Spring Grove · PA, USA
Flash across the midnight sky.
Mountville · PA, USA
Fast moving bright light stops dead, idles around - some time later viewed it slowly and randomly moving around.
can't say · PA, USA
Fast, looked bright, like a star but did not flicker, but instead moved. It moved from up and down and side to side quickly.
Slatington · PA, USA
A mysterious light moved slowly and changed color going in a straight line without going up or down an inch.
University Park · PA, USA
Orangey-red Glowing UFO with doorway spotted landed on the ground at the PSU Deer Pens facility in the early 1990s.
Saltsburg · PA, USA
Immense triangular craft accompanied by vibrational rumbling upon departure.
Erie · PA, USA
A dark ufo turned on a bright light before landing in a residential area.
Stewartstown · PA, USA
We saw a green flash in the sky that was not a meteor.
Hermitage · PA, USA
it was a bright electrical blue rectangle that moved in a triangle.
Unityville · PA, USA
A low humming noise woke me up. I looked from my porch to see a dark craft moving through the clouds. It covered the moon as it move